Flanders Pilgrimage: Rain, Cold, Cobbles - appreciating The Classics!
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2023
- I take on the Massive Endeavor which is the Tour of Flanders Sportive!
To say the least the weather, and my technology (!), wasn't as I would have hoped, but the event was amazing, the company was great, and I am very proud to have completed the ride. I will definitely be back, hopefully without the rain, wind and cold!
We booked through the fantastic Moray at All Things RIde - www.allthingsride.com/
To confirm I paid for the trip myself in full, so no product placement, just my opinion on the weekend's event and hospitality.
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Awesome effort, mate!! Well done.
Congrats phil, nice video. By the way, the floors are cobblestone, like the Paris Roubaix road :)))) I'm so glad you're back to good health. You have regained your strength. You are great. Greetings to my sister Jane. I wish you luck my friend.👍👍👍
Great little vid Phill - Liege next year!
Respect Phill.
Great video Phill, looked an all in challenge. Jasper Verkuijl had water in his Wahoo bolt recently too it does happen, I confess to being adverse to riding in the rain but awesome effort with that Flanders assault!!
Ooh no, I had the same problem with the element bolt and great customer service. Got a complete new one.
Excellent work Phil 👌🏾It’s not my kind of weather though.
Awesome video again Phil, despite everything going against you. I’m heading out to Belgium tomorrow to do Flandrien challenge, can’t say I’m overly looking forward to it now, it’s going to be emotional for sure.
Brilliant Phil well done on pushing through Chapeau 😊🚴😀🚴🚴
Cheers Pete 🙏 - I was really happy to get it done. After a quick practice on the Koppenberg on the Friday pm, I quickly realised that simply getting around would be a major achievement 🥵
riding on cobbles should have been really challenging, hopefully they were not everywhere on the way
Legend Phill 😄 weather looked seriously grim but didn’t dampen the spirits!!
Too too kind Tommy ! But very much appreciated 🙏. I was beyond happy to make it around. Proper tough conditions - and a super challenging course - but very very addictive - and I’d love to film it properly in ..: dryer conditions 💯
Nice one Phill. We all love a data-fest!
Congratulations Phil! Well done.
Good old weather. Great video Phil. So many people neglecting disc brake upkeep...sheesh
Great Video Phil, great to see your regular content back 😎👊🏼
Thanks Rich 🙏 - much appreciated. And hoping to be able to string together decent health and fitness and more consistent vids 💯
One to tick off the list Phill. Maybe next time i will be with you 👌
💯Lee - this course is made for a man of your ability to grind the low cadence big power! Looking forward to catching up this year 💪
But... did it happen, if it's not on Strava ?
Those cobbles were a good test for the bike screws and for your bones 😉 nice video, safer for you and for the GoPro to keep it in the pocket with these conditions anyway. Good job from Jayne and you !
Such a shame that all the tech conspired against you Phill, and big shout out to Jayne for making some exceptional lemonade from the lemons you were given 👌always lovely to see Ruben too. Looked like a fantastic event, congratulations on the brilliant time and indeed just completing it. Big step in the recovery arc there
Cheers Nick 🙏 - yep only got around the course because of Ruben’s support, and want to go back, because it’s very addictive - there is something intangible and alluring to the course - very demanding and very satisfying 💯
Was a great event indeed, pretty brutal day out though!
Phil mate .. Every bit of your vlog was absolutely right. It was an awe full day weather wise. -> czcams.com/video/-R1hpm0jU_A/video.html I am recovering from surgery hence did a short one. Next year 175k for sure. I didn’t find koppenberg so difficult. For British riders.. our day to day commute and roads are so pathetically bad.. I felt at home doing koppenberg. 💪🏽💪🏽
🤣 your video is excellent - and agreed in its own right it’s not as tough as many British climbs. But as part of a sportive - and in the wet I found the cobbles and the narrow road and all the walkers a very challenging proposition - plus not able to stand and apply the turbo boost ! Your own climb was impeccable 👌
I did the 70km last year, much better weather than you had. If you want cobbles, get yourself to the Paris-Roubaix sportive. Did it this year and those cobbles make the Flanders ones seem like Mallorcan tarmac. The Flanders sportive and weekend is a much better experience though in my opinion.
Oh I couldn't risk that, I'd end up in hospital again having more hip surgery 🤪👌🏻🤪
It was a massive challenge for sure, FTW 💯. And I hadn’t realised how big and difficult it actually is to ride the cobbles until I hit the Koppenberg for a quick first practice on Friday pm 🥵. So for sure - one to consider carefully, and with your hip, I’d give it a pass !
Phil Ex Supreme Soul of All Roads... presently struggling to survive on a post banking world...i consider u the maximum expertise in non-professional road biking...i would need your opinion about one article i read sometime ago,it was about using high quality carbon frames on smart trainers and zwifting with them,the article mentioned that special carbon frames are not build to sustain the immense pressure of the Zwift climbs like +6% or even higher gradients while being attached to the trainers,up to them the frames are built to move all the way up so that pressure is distributed all along the frame,the static position of the frame when setup on the trainer can damage it creating fissures which at plain sight are not visible... what do you think personally about their claim ??
Hi Phil, great effort. Can't quite see, what bike are you riding?
Thanks ever so much Ester 🙏 - I was riding my Colnago C60 with a compact and a 32 rear cassette 👍
Here it is -> koppenberg full climb czcams.com/video/t32wH9-Pu3s/video.html
Very nice climb - and some really nice avoidance moves
buy the wahoo bolt V2 !!!
Cheers Daimoku 🙏 - and as it happens I already owned one. But it was set up for my Willier - and the Colnago happened to have the V1 😅
There's only 1 way to get the data back. Do the route again.
No disrespect to your camera work, but this doesn't look like something I ever want to experience.